Flexible pocket receptacle



July 25, 1933. w. R. BUXTON FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE Filed July 17, 1930 INVENTOR WARNER R. 51%?! BY Z5 8 ATTORNEYS. l

, Patented July 25,1933

' sms) wnnnnn n..nuxren, as IONGMEADOW, ivmssecnusnrrs v FLEXIBLE rocker nncEPTAc E' A ppl ieation filed 1111 517, 1920; Serial no.46a575.

This invention relates to improvements in flexible pocket receptacles.

VVh-ile the receptacle of this invention may have other applications, it is primarily intended for the purpose of-carrying automo bile license "and registration papers along with keys, sue-has automobile keys;

Many 'examplesewvillbe foundin the prior art of key cases adaptedcforfthe stated pur 0 pose. For the most papers are received in and registration flhese are open to the folded-upform."

objection that the papers have to be re-' L5 moved from thepocket'and unfolded before they can be displayed 1111 other cases, provision is made for a limited display ofthe I papers but usually, notenonghof thepapers n are displayedtosatisfy the authorities asking tose'e"the1n; In another prior cart ex? ample, a key case combined with pairs of'hinged' transparent containers' for the papers,one-ipair for the" license and-one ,pair for the .registratio ,:-in such a Way that all necessarypartsof thelice'nse and registration'can be: displayed. In' the last the license "and, are exposed each time named example, however, registration papers-T I the key caseis opened. and also the: hinged containers are subj their hinge connections by the opening and closing of the key?case;@This Zresultsin oftrepe ated bendingfback Hand forthg of the license ELIld lGglStI'QJtlOIL papers along a line of fold coincident "with said hingewconnec tion and the papers arethrough alongthisline.

' objection, the case is larger and inore bulky than need :be for the purpose 3 T "The invention has rits general, objects to f provide an improved means fo-r accom- 1 plishing the statedp'urpose or-ganalogous purposes; to provide a key case In .ivhi-ch 1 the license and registrationpapers are normally concealed, or suostantially,so, and at is the same time protected against; damage and rapid cwear'and yetj I arranged-, to .be readlly exposedand' dlsplay'ed 'vvhen- 1'61 quired'; and to prov de a rece'ptacle in'vvhich the license, registrationfl and jall1 the keys part, the priorart I key. c'ases provide "pockets in gwhi'ch the license the license and registration papers;

:Fig; 4 isasimilar View, drawn toa larger scale, showing the containers swung. out of the receptacle for display; K

ected to; movement on liable to W631", "-Asidecf'rom this central section'g12, is

.Fig. 2:3; .This flap l5 or more key-. holders l73 secured to the flapxlfi.

14 are foldablein overlapping.relationoyer V required forfithe automobile, may be; 0011- pass, and-into -tliinysubstantially flat and compact form;

These" and other objects will more par description proceeds and will be pointed out in thei ap pended claims. z f r 1 s will be disclosed "With'lref erence to" the accompanying drawing, in Which-:' I

ticularly appear as the detailed I The inventlon Fig. 1 is an ing the receptacle in ingform;" 7 .wFig'. 2 is a similar view showing the receptable as opened for use has a key' case;

closed and pocket carry- Fig. 3 1s a slmilar viewshowingiithe re cept-acle with the key holding .part swung up to permit'accesslto the containers for -Fig.1 5 is atop plan v ew of the closed 7 receptac-le;. i' Fig, 6 is a sectional view taken one-the line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

of oneoi' the contalners; I 7 The receptacleiprop'ermay be, and in the form herein disclosed is," stnuctedfon substantially the saine general' lines as thatdisclosed in myi-UMS; Letters 'Patent N0 1,443,937 dated January 30, 71923. 'Itinclude's astrip or folder 10, of

leather or other suitable flexible material',

subdivided by'transvers'e lines of told 11 in-l ;to a central section 12tandtwo flaps l3 and l4, hingedly connected one thereof; .A thirdflap, '15,

to each side'edg'e .of an area subc tained and whjich' is foldable into smallrcom- I end elevational view show n :zFigQ/T is a fragmentary sectional elevation a keyflcasecone 5 stantially "commensurate with that" of the;

the upper endaedge of su'chfsectionfand 1101* mallylies superposedtheron as shownin 1.6 which are suitably supportedyas indicated, from a metal-plate the keyl holders 16, flap 15- and section .312,

servesto support. one I .hingedly-xconnectedto f V V Theflaps 13. and i y 00 i 5. through one set of.,walls, .,as 21, while the registration, inall its essential parts, 11s

visible through the. other set of as shown in Figsyl and 5, to close the receptacle and these flaps may beheld to .gether in any suitable way, *ing snap fastener elements as byinterengagl8 and 19, fixed to flaps 13 and 14-, respectlvely.

' For carrying the license and registration or other desired papers, Iprovidea pair of containers 20, which-as will beclear from Fig. 6 are made up 1n the form of openended flattened-down tubes havmg closely spaced front and rearwalls- 21 and 22, ans 7' relatively. short connectingjside walls 23.

r The walls 2land 22 are at least inpart,*'and preferably entirely, of transparent material. These containers are hinged together like the leaves of a book and can be 'opened and spread apart as. shown in Fig.4,or closed and superposedas shown in 'lhe llcense and reglstration, disposed back to back, are slid into these containers so "that ."substantiallyqhalf of each lies in; one fco1iof each-in the other containerand so'that' tainer and substantially the remaining half the license in all its essential parts, is visible walls -asf22. In SODIB'YCEISQS, it may be necessary to fold the license and registration papers. once'in order. to. insert thenrin' the containers but ythis can be. done in amann'ersuch that all the essential parts can bedisplayed through I i said w-allswithout requiring withdrawal of thepapers; from the containers. 1

It will be noted thatfbut two containers are necessary for thelpurpose and these; as.

will later appears..arersoconstructed that they are exceedinglythinand Will foldllat V (m i when superposed. I These containers are. cone ly one "nected to the vpocketreceptacle or key case byhingedly connectingone side wall 23.,of

, 7 one to one endedge of. the :key 1case,.eprefer- T turbing tion papers.

' 15. Fig. .2. i-Th3 containers are thenfsubstantiat lyconcealed andp'rotectedbyfiap 15c-and the article, as a whole, appears little. different ably-to the lower endsedge oftheucentral section12; Accordingly, afterthe contain- I ers have been swunginto superposed r'ela,

tion, they may g in such relation, into the key case folder and;

be swung, while maintained superposed on'se'ction 12 to fliebeneath flap The article then appears as shown in than the key case shown in theab'oveidenti atkey case in ,the normal fway without; disor moving the license and registra The keys; of course, rare fre: quently used while the license'andregistra- Inent protects the license andv registration papers and their containers fromj'the wear: and tear incident to ',-the frequent opening V and closing of the key case. I Whenhthese .papers 'need to be displayed, it is before being superposed,

flap 13 and the other on tirely of celluloid 01 some like upon *the other 'into compact. form,

\ in the containers, the latter tron papersordinarilyneed .to be displayed. 7 only infrequently/1'; The 1 described '-arrangesimply necessary to lift flap 15 and swing the containers out of the key case folder and un- Ifold. them, whereupon the license and registration will be displayed througl'r opposite another, said parts forming the walls 521' and 22., An extension 23' as-21, .tobe folded overagalnst the other part, as 1n "overlapplng relation therewith and secured thereto,- ;if desired, as by cement. ,The resnlting construction is a conta ner having. oppositely located open ends. and one 'having igthe cross sectional shape of a flattened down tube. The front and back Walls of the container are normally Very closely-spaced but, because of the tubular construction and the flexible nature of the; material, these walls can be spread apart, ifand when necessarj, to acconnnodate papers'ol increased thickness.

'A preferred way ofihinging tlle-containers togetheris by. means of avery thin strip 24;. of leather or the like.

inent and-the strip is" passed completely through both containers and spans'the space between "them; This. strip serves also to partition the containers and separate the licensesfroni the. registration; It may be printed appropriately,- as shown, to indicate where the. license and registration are in tendedmto be placed, The central section of. theFstr-ip 24,'"or;:'that portion located between adjacent-"open"ends of the two contai11ers,serycs asthe hinge and this portion naybecut away to some e'xtent,.as indicated bythe spaced vert1calslots25, tosecure a yfreework nglnnge COIlllQQlJlOIL, The width of'this ortionlis.preferably variable according to the thickness ofthe papers car- 'rie'd. That is, when there are thin papers may. he slid made enis left on one part,

The-containers "are POSltlOIlBClWlth their openends1nal1gntowards one another on the' leather strip 24 to secure a minimum'spacin'g therebetween and a minimum width of hinge con:

nection." on theother hand if thicker pa r. pers areto be carried, the containers may I be spread apart ,to increase the width of hinge tomake it-suitable for the heavier load. The strip 24L has projections 26 at ,eachuof its four corners (Fig. 4) and each of .these projections extends into a; slot ,27

ammo 1 as shown in 7,-'formed' in the end-f walls of: the containers: It

7 Fig. 7 that the containerflOlv-can be moved Cir .VT- shapedmember 28 hingedly connected to the lowerxedge of sectionfllQ'. Breferably,

this member '28-. is an integral zpartl'iofthe" leather folder althoughit 'is desirably of less thickness and may make its thickness leather strip24; The shankof this member 281is passed through-a slot inthe upper,

substantial area and unlessjthereceptacle side wall 23 of one ofthe'containers, and the projecting crossbar portions of the T-shaped'member overlap and engagethe inner part of the upper side wall 'ofthe container-and thusholdi the member and cone ta'iner together in a mannerpermitting'convenient detachment, if. and when, required. The. strip 24-is preferably'recessed, asindicated' in vFig. Al, to; receive the'head of the T-shapedmember becausew the member and? strip are about equal. in. thickness, the two normally-lie in a commongplane as shown inFig fi, permitting the'license and-registration papers to be slippedintoflplaceqin the containers summarized.

without striking thehead of memberQS as anobst'ruction. z'Th-is isgdesirable where the tubular containers cannot be opened. It is,

however, within the scopezof the inventionto make the containers capable of being opened, whichzmay bedoneby omitting the cement used to stick tab- 23 to wall 211 foregoing description but will be. briefly the receptacle is used just like any other key ,case,-, the pai'tskbeing' positionedas in Fig. 2 with the licenseandregistration containers protected and concealedaby flap; 15. This flap also serves as a retaining means, suiiicient for. all-practical purp'oses, for

holding the: containers against accidental dislodgment. froms the1receptaoleduring ordinary key case use. Such use, of, course, 7 is the most frequent' on'eand the flapsl-3 and 14: may-be opened-and" closed many On the other twice 'year-v and in any quently as compared-teaccess to the keys. Therefore, I have arranged the containers so that theyare substantiallyhidden under normal conditions andprotected from;the wear and tear which 'gwouldiotherwiseensue if they were exposed to the rubbing. and

abrading action of the keys 'or-subjected,v to

hinging action with the will] be j clear .from' same plane as the 7 shown in Flg; 4. One paper,-as the he be skived down .to j about equal to, that of the and,-;because of; this and For ordinary key case use,

- cealed and protected 7 under 7 the 1 outercontainers each l1aving'closely;spaced front and. baclrwalls and connecting side walls, said-front and back walls being at least in I part of transparent material and of an areal said between them to. receive same frequency as are the flaps I13 and 14. 'When access to the license and registration is required, one simplynlifts flap 15 and -,swings the superposed containers 20 on the hinge 28 out of the key case. One" then swings one container 20 on hinge 2 to bring it into the other container, or [as ense,is then displayed through t walls 21 while the other can be seen through:

therear walls 22. Normally, however, the containers .lie tucked behind the-.flap 15,

superposed in aj'fiat, thin, and'compact form as will be clear from Fig. 5.

It --is' important in order enough" of the registration and license papers to have a containing means therefor of is to be unduly large, this containing means of large area must besub-divided into {at ne front to displayleast two 'containers, This; necessitates a hinge connect on to enableonej container to besuperposed on'the other into the necessary. small compass to be contained in a smallkey case (that illustrated is substantially smaller than an ordinary key case),

It ,is important, it long and useful service f is to. be 'had, that the'containers be moved on their hinge connectionas infrequently as possible." .Since the license-and registration papers also bend back and forth asthe: the hinge 24, -these containers are swung on papers would soon wear throughalongcthe line of fold. Also,-t he less the containers are. used, the :betteri,-;, abraded and injured; of abrasion of the containers,

The celluloid is easily of their walls. The described arrangement,therefore, is

a. most Fadvantageous solution of the prob pers in a key case.-

the receptacle as a key case and are -not sub- 1ected toany wear by key case use. Yet,

. Also a slight amount V as by rubbing one uponanotl1er,'will soon 'destroy the de- V sire'd clear'transparency The operation'shouldbe clear. from. the i i the papers are instantly available and readily displayable, when required.

-Wha't Iiclaim is: A receptacle for.

7 keys and license and registrat on papers, comprising a folder of flexible; material "having a; central section} and apair of flapslhingedlyconnected one to each side edge thereotthird fiapihingedlyconnected to one, end

edgeof said section and normally superposedon the latter, key-holding means carried by a face of. the third flap, a pair of no greater than that of said section, containers serving together with a said Y containers one edge o f'the key case, a

parent material and of an area about license and registration papers placed back to back, saidcontainers being hingedly connected along'adjacent end edges to enable them to be superposed andone or the containers having one side wall hingedly'connect'ed'to the other endedge of 'saici section, when superposed being foldable along the'last-named hinge con= nection' into superposed relation with-said section and flap to beconcealed and protected thereby,

said flap with the j weight of the" key hol'ding means thereon tending tolioldthesuperposed containers inplace betweenfits inner face and said section. V j j 2 Incombination-with akey casefof' the type wherein key holders'are carried on'th'e outer face of aflajp 'hingedly connected to each-having closely spaced front andjrear walls and connecting and rear walls being substantially commensurate withthat of said flap, said containers being hinged" together along ad jacent endedgesand serving between them to receive license and registration 1 papers placed back to back so'ithat one paper may be Viewed through the frontwall's and'the other throughltherear walls, said containers with the papers contained therein being 'foldable their h-ingecon'nection into superposed relatiomand means hingedly connecting one side wall of one of said containers to an edge of the/key caseuoppos'ite that to which said flap is connected andat an opposite point,

whereby the containers when superposed may be swung about the last named hinge connection into the key casegand beneath 3. In combination a folder of flexible inaterial and a pair of containers movable into and outof superposed relation, one of said containers bemg 'hingedly. connected to e the folder to enable'the containers'to' beswung into and outof thefolder, each of said containers constructed in the form of a fiatvtoned-down,open-ended tube, said containers when moved out of said relation so dis posed that an open end of one hes ad acent and-1n line wlth an-open end oi the other,

7 and a thin strip 'of'flexible material -eXtend; ing through each containerbetween thewalls thereof and spanning the space between thei adjacent ope-11 endsthereoflsaid stripiservingjto hingedly connect the-oontainers'for movement into and out of strip and containers having interenga'ging means; to prevent; the :containers from slid-- ing oif'saidzstrip;' L V it positioned beneath said third :tween 'the adjacent open ends thereof, said strip serving pair of containers side walls, said. front Q l rat least inpart of trans-- like flexible material having hingedlyconnect'ed to one edgethereof a subst'antially T- sh-aped flap having 6. In combination, apair of containers tween thelwalls tilGl'BOf and completely ensaid relation, said j mama out ofthefolder, each'of said containers constructed in the form of a flat toned-down opelrendedtube, said containers when 'moved out'of superposed relation so jdisposedthat; an open endofone lies adjacent and in 11116 with-an open end of the other; and a thin 1 strip "of flexible material extending-through "each container between the walls thereof and spanning the space heto hingedly' connect the containers'l for-movement into and out of said relationysaid containers being free for lim ited sliding movement relatively to said strip in a direction toward and away from one 5. In combination, a folder of leather or a shank and across bar portion, a-pair of containers each constructed in the form of; a flattened-down openended tube, i saidwontainers' disposed 1 with one open endof 'oneadjacent oneropen end of the other, a strip of flexiblematerial eX- 1 tending through and between the" walls of both containers and spanning the space between'their adjacent open ends and serving to hingedly connect the containers so that they may be moved into and 0llt-OfSupG1- posed relation, onefof said containers having an openingin one side wall thereof to receive the shank portion of said tab, the cross bar portion of the tab'disposed within the container and interengaged with said side wall to hold the containorfroni sliding off said tab,'said stripbeingrecessed to receive said cross bar portion and allow it-to lie in the same plane as the strip. Y

each constructed or transparent material and in the form of a flattened-down open-ended tube, anda thin strip of flexible material extending loosely through each container be- T compassed therebyssaid containers being slidably' mounted-for movement longitudinally of the strip to enablean open end of one'con'tai-ner tojmovertoward or away from the adjacent openendf of the other container,

"and interengageable means on saidstrip and e i WARN R RBUXTON. 

